What If‪?‬ Norma Hickox

In the vision of the future that I saw, the parks had large fountains and pavilions of colored panels with the sun shining through like stained glass. There were bright colored tame birds in the parks. The schoolroom I visited had tiny open aqueducts to water the plants and put moisture in the rooms. The houses were dome-like structures made out of a white substance that looked similar to concrete but wasn’t. The streets were made of the same substance as the dome houses. They were lined with plants and trees. The street lights were glowing poles. In the department store, one could sit and view the merchandise passing by on a big screen. There were airships with something going round on a pole winding them up like rubber bands for a power source. I was served a meal in a restaurant, consisting of meat that was a cross between chicken and rabbit. Cars could be folded flat and stored in racks like bike racks.

There are some new ideas about health care for everyone in our country. The best plan to date is a new seven-point plan that would be for all areas of the government – not just federal – to subsidize all medical care and not just that of those on Medicare. Physical symptoms will be detected by new methods such as the condition of the eyes and saliva testing and, believe it or not, problems with the navel. There is a tiny opening leading from the navel inward that opens and closes during food digestion. This opening needs to be there for the correct functioning of the digestive system. This may be found to be part of the cause of obesity. Doctors need to think back to when a new way of sealing the navel was begun at birth and compare this to the rise in obesity. As far as mental problems, there should be a split in the mental health field as to whether it is truly mental problems or emotional problems.

Great changes will take place in our penal systems. They will be called Healing Houses instead of prisons and wrongdoers will be re-educated before being allowed back into society. There will be new methods of government along with a world government. Countries will keep their identity as far as customs, dress and language. The party system in our country will be replaced with a system of "Platforms" that one must progress up through from the bottom to the top. Those graduating from the top platform will be those who are voted on for the presidency of our country. There will be five governing bodies instead of two like we have now, our senate and house. There will be a Medical Division, a Judicial Division, a City/State Division, a Country Division and a World Division.

It is time to restructure our whole world, because it has been primarily based on emotional reactions. All need to rid themselves of jealousy, anger, greed, selfishness, and pride. These are the attitudes that must be transmuted. The first step will be to eliminate internal strife and disruption in the planet, manifesting in peaceful atmospheric conditions. The second step will be to eliminate violence and angry words and killing, raping and maiming of our brothers and sisters. This, then, will manifest itself as a ceasing of war and crime. Only after these two steps are taken can there be hope of peace. Humanity is in the transition period between ages. The standards of the past, the criteria of success that has been in place for the last century or so has to be replaced, will be replaced with different guidelines. The goal is to be a well-balanced individual who is not able to be swayed by out-of-balance people.

In the restructuring of our cities & states, the worship of famous people needs to stop. Our television shows are causing much destruction of self-esteem in our young people. This change in society must come about. Its time is here. The quality of life will be what matters, not the quantity of possessions. During this changeover period, everyone will be going through periods of frustration. The coming New Culture will be the Age of Creativity, and this will come about by each creating their own personal reality through their thoughts. Working with arts and crafts is the only way of stabilizing the emotional body. It would be far better to pick up a paint brush and paint an amateur or even ugly painting than to take a tranquilizer or aspirin or alcohol to calm the nerves. Through beauty, coloring and harmony, we will achieve the bridging from our lower self to our higher self.

The new government will consist of five divisions. There will be a Medical Division, a Judicial Division, a City/State Division, a Country Division and a World Division. Different subjects will be handled at different levels by different divisions. What all this amounts to is a graduation process of people being City/State citizens and then progressing to Country Citizens and then finally to World Citizens. Along the way, they have a Judicial System to appeal to for everything except medical problems and a Medical System to appeal to for health-related problems. The Judicial System would be made up of branches of the main Judicial System. The Medical System would also be divided into different branches based on physical, emotional and mental problems. The party system should be removed and replaced with a system of Platforms that one must progress up through from the bottom to the top.